In this January 2012 file photo, Rochester police try to gain control of a crowd at the Liberty Pole after a fight broke out among high school students after school.

Written by

Malik Evans
Guest essayist

The latest incident at the Liberty Pole involving many city school students should be enough to have all of the activists and leaders in our community outraged.

A young man made a decision to fire a gun in broad daylight, while hundreds of our citizens were going about their daily business. Thankfully, no one was hurt. However, as a community we are all scared inside. Sadly, around 100 students chose to join in the melee, disrupting traffic and posing a public safety risk.

The city and the school district will make changes to try and prevent future issues like this from happening again. We will ...